Cerebrospinal fluid levels of leucine enkephalin and methionine enkephalin in patients with altered behavior
Loeb, C.; Albano, C.; Serrati, C.
Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie 134(1): 29-40
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7273 PMID: 6231720 Document Number: 224532
CSF endorphins levels have been measured in neuropsychiatric patients, in relation to controls. The results we obtained don't allow us to suggest any specific pathophysiological role to endorphins; their levels seemed to be modified in relation to a generic stress-response.
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